Mandagomphodon hirschsoni Crompton 1972

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Traversodontidae

Alternative combination: Scalenodon hirschsoni

Full reference: A. W. Crompton. 1972. Postcanine occlusion in cynodonts and tritylodontids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Geology 21:27-71

Belongs to Mandagomphodon according to J. A. Hopson 2013

See also Crompton 1972

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH R8577, a partial skull. Its type locality is U12, 0.5 km north Hita stream, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Manda Beds Formation of Tanzania.

Distribution: found only at U12, 0.5 km north Hita stream

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